THIS MEDICINE IS COMMONLY USED TO TREAT TINNITUS BY ENHANCING MECHANOTRANSDUCTION AND MECHANOSENSITIVITY. IT IS A SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXANT, WHICH BLOCKS CALCIUM-CHANNEL AND ALSO HAS GLUTAMATE DE-ACTIVATING PROPERTIES.
CAROVERINE, AN N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE AND ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST, HAS BEEN SHOWN TO PROTECT THE INNER EAR FROM EXCITOTOXICITY AND TO BE EFFECTIVE IN THE TREATMENT OF COCHLEAR SYNAPTIC TINNITUS.